Water tab by The Who

Water
by the Who, 1970, 1973
written by Pete Townshend

Previous transcription by Andy Dennis
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transcribed by
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F7sus4  x 8 8 8 11 11
Bb(add4) x(8)8 8 11 10
F    x 8 10 10 10 x
F5    133xxx
Bb5   x133xx
G7    3x0031
C    x355xx

[intro]
 F7sus4          Bb(add4)
----11-------11--------------10----------
------11-------11-----11-------11--------
---8----8---8----8---8--8---8----8---8---
--8--------8--------8------8--------8----
-8--------8--------8------8--------8-----
-----------------------------------------

The foreman over ....
                    |-6------------
                    |-8------------
                    |-7--.-.-.-.-.-
                    |--------------
                    |--------------
                    |--------------

The poor people on the ...
                       |-8--8-8-8--
                       |-9--9-9-9--
                       |-8---------
                       |-----------
                       |-----------
                       |-----------

Truck drivers drive like ....
                 |---11--
                 |--11---
                 |-8-----
                 |-------
                 |-------
                 |-------

The policemen they're ...
                   |-------------------
                   |-------------------
                   |-10----------------
                   |-10-/-/-/-/-/-/-/--
                   |-8-----------------
                   |-8-----------------

They need water          ....
        |--------------        |---------
        |--------------        |-----8---
        |----------1---        |----8----
        |----/-/-/-3---        |---8-----
        |-3--------3---        |--8------
        |-1------------        |---------

They need water
       |--11---------------
       |--11---------------
       |--8----------------
       |--8----------------
       |--8----------------
       |-------------------

And I'm sure there isn't one of us here who'd say no to somebody's daughter
No, no, no...

[approximate strum pattern...]
  F          (Eb) Bb(add4)   (Eb)  F7sus4 (Eb) Bb(add4) (Eb)
||------------------------|----10-10--10-----|----11-11---|-10-10-10---||
||-10-10-10---------------|-11-11-11--11-----|----11-11---|-11-11-11---||
||-10-10-10-10-8-10--10-8-|-8--8--8---8--8-8/|-10-8--8--8-|-8--8--8--8/||
||-10-10-10-10-8-10--10-8-|-8--8--8---8--8-8/|-10-8--8--8-|-8--8--8--8/||
||-8--8--8--8--8-8---8----|-8--8--8---8---(6)|-8--8--8--8-|----------6/||
||------------------------|------------------|------------|------------||

F                Bb(add4)
The foreman over ...
F                   Bb(add4)
The poor people on ...
F              Bb(add4)
Truck drivers drive ...
F                Bb(add4)
The policemen they're ....
     F5
They need water
   Dm   Dm/C  Dm/Bb  Dm/A
Good water
---|----1--|---1--|---1---|---1---|
---|----3--|---3--|---3---|---3---|
---|----2--|---2--|---2---|---2---|
-3-|-0----0|------|-------|-------|
-3-|-------|-3---3|-1----1|-0-----|
-1-|-------|------|-------|-------|

     G7    Bb
They need water....

| F7sus4  | Bb(add4) | F | Bb(add4) |

Indian Lake is burning....

We need wate....

             F F    Bb F   Bb F7
Ah gimme ...
            |-13-13-|--------------------|
            |-13-13-|-10/11-10-10/11-/13-|
            |-10-10-|-10----10-10--------|
            |-10-10-|-10/12-10-10/12-/13-|
            |-------|--------------------|
            |-------|--------------------|

A-gimme gimme ...
Gimme good ...
Please don't ..
      C        C
I seen your ...
     C
And I'm ...
            |-----------------|----|
            |-----------------|----|
            |-----------------|----|
            |---------------1-|-3--|
            |---------3-3-3---|----|
            |-----------------|----|

My Chevrolet just made ....

I need ...

Gimme gimme gimme good ....

Come on gimme ...


(Somebody...champagne!)

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